234 L. LEGTJMiNOsai. (J. G. Baker.) [Balbergia. 



veined, rather glaucous beneath, 1^2 in. long ; stipules large, lanceolate, velvety, more 

 persistent than in the other species. Panicle distinctly peduncled, J-j as long as the 

 leaves, the branches densely brown-pubescent, spreading or ascending; pedicels 

 shorter than the calyx, furnished with small subpersistent bracts and bracteoles. 

 Calyx ^ in. ; upper teeth very short ; lovrest lanceolate, rather longer. _ Corolla twice 

 the calyx. Pod thin, obtuse, brownish, short-stalked, 2-3J in. by |-| in. 



18. D. Stocksii, Benth. in Journ. lAnn. Soc. iv., Swjs^l. 42 ; scandent, 

 leaflets 11-15 oblong obtuse vnth a ievr obscme adpressed hairs, flowers in 

 copious axillary panicles with corymbose branches, pedicels and petal-claws 

 short, pod thin oblong veined opposite the large usually solitary seed. 



CoNCAN, Stocles. 



Branches finely grey-downy. Leaves 4-5 in. long ; leaflets thin for the genus, 

 |-1 in. long, emarginate, with only a few obscure short adpressed hairs below when 

 mature. Panicles copious, distinctly peduncled, nearly or quite as long ?s the leaves; 

 branches slender, densely finely grey-downy, densely corymbose at the tip, the lower 

 ones distant. Calyx oblique, ^ in., densely grey-downy ; teeth half as long as the 

 tube. Corolla twice the length of the calyx. Pod quite characteristic, thin, glabrous, 

 j-1^ in. by ^ in., the usually solitary seed filling up the greater part, subacute, 

 cuneate at the base with a very long stalk. 



14. Z>. sympathetica, Nimmo in Orah. Cat, Bomb. PI. 65 ; scandent, 

 leaflets 11-15 oblong obtuse thinly grey-siliy, flowers in dense short axillary 

 panicles with dense corymbose branches, pedicels and petal-claws short, pod 

 thin greenish oblong 1-2-seeded not veined opposite the seeds. Bemth. PI. Jungh. 

 255 ; Journ. Linn. Soc. iv., Siippl. 42 ; Dale. 8f Oibs. Bomh. Fl. 78. D. fron- 

 dosa, Wall. Cat. 5855 B; W. ^ A. Prodr. 266, ex parte {Wt. Herb. 918). 

 D. ferruginea, Hohen. PI. Can. JSxsic. No. 343, non Roxb. 



Hills of the Wbsteen Peninstila. 



Trunk armed with strong large curved thorns, the branches often twisted, the 

 young ones finely grey-downy. Leaves 4-6 in. long ; leafiets moderately firm, obtuse 

 or emarginate, ^-1 in. long, thinly silky at first, especially beneath. Panicles dis- 

 tinctly peduncled, with finely downy ascending curved branches, the ultimate branch- 

 lets secund. Calyx i in., silky, with a pair of small obtuse adpressed bracteoles ; 

 teeth short, obtuse. GoroUa twice the length of the calyx. Pod membranous, obtuse, 

 2-3 in. by |— 1 in., with an unusually short stalk. — Closely resembles D. volvMlis in 

 leaves and general habit. 



15. D. tamarindifolia, Roxb. Sort. Bmg. 53; Fl. Ind. iii. 233; 

 scandent, leaflets 25-41 thinly pubescent crowded trapezoid-oblong, flowers in 

 congested sessile axUlary panicles with corymbose branches, pedicels short, 

 petal-claws as long as the calyx, pod thin 1-3-seeded strap-shaped not veined 

 opposite the seeds. Wight. Ic. t. 242 ; Wcdl. Cat. 5870 ; Benth. in Journ. lAnn. 

 Soc. iv., Siippl. 44. D. livida, Wall. Cat. 5866 A, ex parte, B. D. rufa, and 

 D. multijuga, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 6864, 5865. D. Blumei, Massk. PI. Jav. 

 Bar. 400. Derris pinnata, Imw. Fl. Cochin. 432. 



Eastern Himalayas ; Nipal, Sikkim, Sllhet, Khasia. ascending to 4000 ft., and 

 frequent down the gulf to Malacca. Hills of Westebk Peninstila. — ^Distkib. Malay 

 isles. 



Branches densely clothed with fine brown pubescence. Leaves ^—^ foot ; leaflets 

 quite different in shape to that of all the other species, nearly sessile, caducous, 

 moderately firm, ^-1 in. long, glaucous, thinly clothed with brown pubescence 

 beneath, especially on the midrib. Panicles sessile, 1—2 in. long, the branches densely 

 brown-pubescent ; pedicels shorter than the calyx ; bracts and bracteoles minute, 

 downy, persistent. Calyx J in., downy ; teeth short, obtuse. CoroUa white, 2-3 

 times the length of the calyx ; blade of the standard orbicular. Stamens 10. Pod 

 thin, bright brown, glabrous, long-stalked, lJ-3 in. by ^| in. 



